Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Come to the house of prayer
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: SM
Tune: Olmutz
Hymn Number: 426
Page Number: 154, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCome to the house of prayer,
Oh, thou af-flict-ed, come;
The God of peace shall meet thee there;
He makes that house his home.
Come to the house of praise,
Ye who are happy now;
In sweet accord your voices raise,
In kindred homage bow.
Ye aged, hither come,
For you have felt his love;
Soon shall your trembling tongues be dumb,
Your lips forget to move.
Ye young, before his throne
Come, bow; your voices raise;
Let not your hearts his praise disown
Who gives the power to praise.
Thou, whose benignant eye
In mercy looks on all-
Who seest the tear of misery,
And hearest the mourner's call-
Up to thy dwelling-place
Bear our frail spirits on,
Till they outstrip time's tardy pace,
And heaven on earth be won.